Tribunal affirms Okpebholo as Edo governor

The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo State.

The tribunal m dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the September 21, 2024, gubernatorial election.

Delivering judgement on Wednesday, April 2, 2015, the tribunal upheld the election of Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with 291,667 votes, defeating Ighodalo who polled 247,655 votes.

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The three-member tribunal dismissed the petitioners’ petition on the grounds that they failed to prove their allegation of over-voting.

The tribunal also held that the petitioners failed to call competent witnesses to speak to documentary evidence they brought to the tribunal.

This, the justices, said amounted to dumping of documents on the tribunal as they could not prove how the documents led to their allegations of over-voting.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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